Manifolding sales-book.



-E. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 22. I911.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

I 7 i NV/VTOR (I ATTORNEYS EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA,'-1\TEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF CANADA.

MANIFOLDING- SALES-BOOK.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it'known that I,-EDWARD KIRBY Bor- TLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in -the county of Chemung and State of New 'York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inManifolding Sales-Books, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to salesbooks.

One of the objectsof the present .invention is to provide a .simple and practical manifoldingsalesbook.

- Anotherobject is to provide a salesbook' of the above character "which .will be inexpensive to manufacture and durable in c0n- 'struction.

A further object is to provide a compact and self-contained salesbook permitting of ready and rapid manipulationof the car- Another and important object is toprovide a 'carbon-sheetvholding arrangement which will'be manipulated by grasping the upper end of .the -.salesbook and applying transverse pressure to the holding -m'eans between .the'thumb and-fingers of the grasping hand.

'TOtherobjects will-be in part obvious and in part pointedout hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features lof construction, combinations of elements .and arrangement of parts which will .be exemplified in T the construction hereinafter set';forth,.andthe scope of the application of ,which will be indicated in the foL lowing claims.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one of'various possible embodiments of.thisinventiom Figure 1 isa perspec'tiveview showinga portion of asales- -book with parts a of the paper; broken away v to more clearly show certain features (if construction; Fig. .2 is an end elevation of the ibookin normal position; :Fig. :is a

similar view, 'showingthe carbon .holder raised; and Fig.4 is a side elevation of a portion'ofl'thediook.

isimilar reference charaotersfrefer to simixlar parts throughout "the" di flier ent views of the-drawing.

CERe'ferring ;to the accompanying drawing, an iparti'eularly to ittle-1.1,. a back 1 up:

. I Specification of Iiette rs Patent.

acts in keeping the thuni b with the rod 9, thereby permitting a free arranged slightly Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed November 22, 1911. Serial No. 661,708.

ports a pad 2 firmly clamped in operative posltlon therewith by means of a pad holder.

.The pad as herein shown is composed of a in the form of a flattened cone through which passses a rod 9 carrying a clamp 10 for the carbon sheet extending transversely across the pad 2. This 'uard 8 not only out of contact turning or pivotal movement thereof, but also acts as a guide for the rod 9 in its up-and-down movement as the pad varies in thickness. The clamp 10 is adapted to secure an end edge of a carbon sheet 11 and hold the sheet in operative position norvmallylying between the leaves of the pad.

By constructing these parts in the manner described, the cost of manufacture and time in assembling are greatly reduced.

The rear end of the rod 9 is provided with a crank arm 12, as better shown in Figs. 2 and 3. A pin 13 on the crank arm '12 engages one end of a second rod 14 passing lthrough a suitable guide member 15 secured to .the back of the pad. At the opposite?end ofthe rod 14 is a push button 16 forming one abutment for a spiral spring 17 the other end of the spring engaging the guide 15 the spring is compressed when thevbutton is actuated. The crank 12 and rod 14, the latter constituting a pitman, are off center, so that by pushing onlthebutton 16 the crank 12 will turn about an axis transverse to its length through substantially 90 degrees to the actuated position shown in Fig. 3, thus raisingithe carbon" holder or clamp 10 to a vertical position and removing the carbon sheet irom'between the set of leaves of the pad then inuse. On such operationthe spring 17 .is compressed, the corner ofthe back 1 being cut away'at 18 to permit necessary movement, and. on releasing the push button 1-6 the spring expands 'to return the pa t to normal po iti n. By ha ing the quickly and efiiciently removing the sheet crank arm and rod 14 arranged almost in a dead center position, the carbon sheet is given a sudden snap at first, thereby more from its operative position beneath the top or original leaf of the set. It is also to be noted that by constructing the guard 111cm ber 8 in the manner shown and described,

the arm 3 is permitted to move freely up and down in a vertical plane to accommodate the clamp 10 to the varying thickness of thepadas it is used.

holder to swing suddenly upward about the The manner of operating the device is substantially as follows: After inserting a new pad in the pad holder it is turned back in the manner shown in Fig.1 and the top sheet of the bottom set is raised and the carbon sheet with the clamp 10 is inserted between the original and duplicate sheets in a well-known manner. After recording the transaction the button 16, at the right side of the pad within convenient reach of the forefinger of the left hand supporting the pad, is firmly pressed, to move the rod or pitmanlt longitudinally, causing the axis of the arm 9, thus separating the leaves and permitting the original leaf to be more readily torn from the pad, the duplicate leaf remaining on file at the bottom of the book and concealed by the subsequently used sets. The second duplicate leaf is then swung downward to receive the carbon sheet when r the push button is released, and the second original sheet placed thereover. The device is then ready forthe second operation. As shown in Fig. 1, several duplicate leaves 19 are shown in filed position at the bottom of the pad, with a set of original and duplicate leaves 20 and 21, respectively, in operative position with the carbon sheet or manifolding material therebetweena As the pad 2 becomes gradually reduced in thickness, the clamp 10 automatically rises to its new position, swinging about the axis of the rod 14, thus normally lying flat between the leaves of the pad,'regardless of its thickness. 'In other words, the clamp has a compound movement about two axes positioned at substantially right angles to each other.

From the above description it Will be seen that this invention provides a simple and practical form of manifolding salesbook, accomplishing, among others, all of' the objects and advantages above set forth.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing fromthe scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

Having described nvention, what I pad-holder, a carbon sheet anda' carbon-.

sheet holding and operating device, comprising a clamp for the sheet, and connected for lifting and'lowering the clamp, a

guard over. the rod which prevents interference with the motion of the rod, a crank on the end of the rod, a pitmanoperating the crank andxtending across the top of the sales-book, and-ja spring forereturning the pitman to its normal position after the device has been operated; whereby pressure upon the endof the pitman will revolve the crank and raise the clamp containing the carbon-sheet,v such pressure being applied by'grasping the top of the sales-book, substantially as set forth. i

- 3. A carbon-sheet holding and operating device'for a manifolding-sales-book, com- 7 prising a clamp, a rodconnected for lifting .the clamp when the rod is turned aboutits axis,a crank on the end of'the rod for turning it, apitman conneetedto the crank,

and a spring for returning the pitman .to place; whereby pressure upon the end of the pitman will act to snap the clamp suddenly upward and thusdisplace the leaves'of the sales-book and withdraw the carbon sheet from between them, while the spring, after 7 the pressureis released, returns the pitman to its normal position, thus lowering. the .carbon sheet intoplace, the action of the d'evice being controlled by grasping the. upper end of thesales-book and applying pressure to the pitman, or not, as required.

4. In a manifolding salesbook,in combi:

nation, a pad, a pad-holder therefor. a carbon sheet adapted to beinterposed between the leaves of said pad, a carbon holder therefor connected with said pad-holder, saidcarbon holder being loosely mounted to move in a substantially verticaldirection as the pad varies in thickness, and means for guarding said holder in its vertical movement. 5. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a pad, a pad holder therefor, a carbon 7 sheet adapted to be interposed between the leaves of said pad, a carbon holder therefor, said carbon holder being loosely mounted to move in a substantially vertical direction as.

the pad varies in thickness, and means for guarding said holder in its vertical movement, said means being formed from an integral turned-up end ofsaid pad holder.

, 6. In a manifolding salesbook, in combination, a pad, a pad holder therefor, a carbon sheet adapted to be interposed between the leaves of said pad, acarbon holder therefor, said holder being pivotally mounted to against interference, said means being in the form of a flattened cone and being constructed from the turned over integral end of said pad holder.

7. In a manifolding salesbook, in combi- Copies of this patent may be obtained for nation, a pad holder, a carbon holder directly connected therewith, pivotally mounted to have a swinging movement in two directions about its connection with said pad holder, and a guard for said carbon holder formed from an integral part of said pad holder adapted to prevent the hand of the operator from interfering with the move- 7 ments of said carbon holder.

swing about one end as an axis, and means for guarding said holder in its movement In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. Witnesses:

H. L. GENTHEUR, H. K. GILBERT.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

